Tobacco-lath holder.



J. M. ZOOK.

TOBAGGO LATE HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED 0012s, 1913.

1,1 16,966. Patented Nov. 10,1911

y HWI 5, l Ilmupqmupl k 11"""i1f` f 'M1111 l "11""11, "1li 11111111dqcob m. zoom] WITNESSES @M HY 5,1/ ATTORNEY THE MORRIS PETERS CO1,PHOTO-LITHD, wAsHINGl-ON. D. C.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

.moon M. zooK, or zooKs coRNEE, PENNSYLVANIA. t

TOBACCO-LATE( HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatenterdNov. 10, 1914.

Application led October 28, 1913. Serial No. 797,729.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, J Aoo M. ZooK, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Zooks Corner, in the county of Lancaster and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTobacco- Lath Holders, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

`My invention relates to a device for hold-` inga lathon which tobaccostalks are hung in harvest time, and to hold the lath while t-he stalksare being stripped from them.

The object of the invention is to provide a device that shall be cheap,durable and efficient; and by the use of which both time and labor maybe saved.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in certainconstruction and combination of parts as will hereinafter be fullydescribed and claimed in the anneXed specification, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, and inwhich like figures of reference refer to corresponding parts in all ofthe views; but it is fully understood that while I have here describedmy invention as shown, that I do not confine myself to the exact design,as slight changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure 1, is a side elcvation of the device mounted ona table or bench, and showing a lath in place; the side being partlybroken away to show the retaining part. Fig. 2, isa top plan view of thesame. Fig. 3, is a front end elevation, and showsl t-he method ofremoving the lath after the tobacco has been removed therefrom.

Referring to the drawings, the device comprises the base plate 1, whichis provided with the attaching pin 2, for attachlment to a bench ortable top 22, or wagon body. To the upper side of the base plate 1,and'near one end thereof isattached the side plate 3, which is formedwith the beveled end 4. To said side plate 3, is attached by the bolts5, the side platev, which is spaced therefrom by the collar 7, placed onthe bolts 5; said Vside plate 6, is also beveled at 8, and does notextend down to the base plate 1, but is spaced therefrom as shown inFig. 1, but less than the width of a lath. Between said side plates 3,and 6, is mounted a retaining pawl 9, on the bolt 10. `The lath 11, isinserted between the beveled ends 4, and 8, and is engaged by andretained from being pulled out by the retaining pawl 9.

When the tobacco stalks 12, have all been removed from the lath 11, saidlath 11, is turned sidewise, as shown in Fig. 3, and is thus removedthrough the space betweenl the loweredge of the side plate 6, and thebase plate 1, without having to operate the pawl 9.- It will thus beseen that the device is very simple andl eliminates all springs,

levers or 'hinges which are employed in other" devices for this purpose.

Having `thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Lety ters Patent is 1. The combination in a tobacco lathholder, of a base, a sideplate securedthereto, a second side platesecured to the first side plate and spaced from saidside plate JACOB M.ZOUK.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. THOMPSON, WM. J. COULTER.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Tatentl,r` Washington, D. C.

